| LC control no. | n 96030827 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whitfield, Mal, 1924-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Whitfield, Malvin Greston, 1924-2015 |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) Africa, East |
| Birth date | 1924-10-11 |
| Death date | 2015-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Bay City (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States Information Agency Olympic Games (15th : 1952 : Helsinki, Finland) Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd |
| Profession or occupation | Runners (Sports) Olympic athletes Diplomats |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Payne, E. L. Papers, 1857-1991 (Mal Whitfield; correspondent; working on athletic programs for USIA primarily in Africa) His Learning to run, 1967: p. 7 (Mal Whitfield; born in Bay City, Tex., 1924; winner of Olympic medals in track events, London (1948) and Helsinki (1952); foreign service officer with USIA serving in East Africa, 1964- ) New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 20, 2015 (in obituary published Nov. 19: Mal Whitfield; b. Malvin Greston Whitfield, Oct. 11, 1924, Bay City, Tex.; his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 4; d. Thursday [Nov. 19, 2015], Washington, aged 91; sleek middle-distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States, at one point as a Tuskegee Airman, and later became an American good-will ambassador promoting athletics abroad) |
| Associated language | eng |
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